How do I cite a website in text?

Answer

The citation format will depend on whether or not you are able to determine the website's author. If it is a company or organization website, use the name of the company or organization as your author.

To cite a website with an author:

Refer to the author and year in your in-text citation.

This may be done at the end of a paraphrase with the information in parentheses.

Example: (Smith, 2016).

If you use a direct quote from the website:

Refer to the paragraph in which you found the information.

Example: (Smith, 2016, para. 3).

Remember to put the quote in quotation marks.

If there is no author:

Use the title of the website in quotation marks in your in-text citation.